Fall

It's fall and I'm not liking the cold weather.  I'm going to show you my flowers and pretend it was 80 today.

The Lamb's Ears really spread-which I hear is normal.  My one perennial, Brown eyed Susan was lovely.

 I forgot what these were, but I loved their pretty purple flowers.  I had to water a lot to keep them going.

 My hen I planted last year had a good little brood going this year. Do you know do I need to cover them for the winter?  We had a hard freeze last week, so the flowers are done for the season.

Oh, look!!  Another llama baby!!  The llamas have been in the far pasture for the summer, do we haven't seen much of them.  This little one will be just as wild as last years.  It will be fun to have them closer to home, so we can see them more often.

This is kind of a silly post.  I wanted to blog, but I don't have much for material to blog about.  I have not been sewing.  I hope some day to do that again.  I really miss it and I miss all of you. 

 

Getting Caught Up

We are getting things caught up from being gone for a week.  There is still plenty of fall work to complete tho.  We finished cutting silage and covered the pile with plastic tarp before we could leave for the wedding.  

One of DH's older sisters and her husband (both retired) spent the week at the ranch while we were gone.  They made sure everyone stayed on their side of the fence and all the water tanks were full.  Feeding Lambie Pie and all the cats were on their list of chores too.  We are so thankful for their watching over things for us--it really helped us to relax and enjoy our time away.

We rented a two bedroom condo on Pensacola Beach.  We were on the 10th floor.  The views are beautiful from the balcony.  We loved drinking coffee every morning and watching the beach action. The waves were still high from Hurricane Isaac.  There were a lot more shells and sand bars too.

Ryan's parents and family rented a four bedroom condo on the beach.  He has two sisters and a brother.  They are all married and have families already.  We went to their condo on Friday night and met them all.  It was nice to meet and visit so everyone knew each other before the wedding the next day.

Ryan's brother took the official wedding photos.  It all went so fast, but I did take a few to share with you.  The couple had made arrangements to have the ceremony at Fort Pickens, but  Isaac spoiled that plan (no refund for the permit fee either). 

 

Here is DH and the barefoot bride.

 

 

Ryan's father performed the ceremony.

 

 

We had supper at the Holiday Inn Resort.  It was lovely and the food was wonderful.  (Jen now has six nephews and one niece.)   There is beautiful DD 1 coming in the door with her friend and DH.

The couple spent a few days in St Thomas on honeymoon.  They are back to the real world and settling into everyday life.

 

We attended my niece Erin's wedding this last Saturday 9/22.  It was a beautiful wedding of fall colors.  She and her groom rode away from the church on his motorcycle.  It was a fun day with family.

 

Thank you for all your good wishes and comments on the last post.  We are stacking and hauling hay bales for winter feed.  It is sooooo very, very dry.  We have to be very careful as the fire danger is so high now.  The ground is hard as a rock and the dust flies everywhere we drive.  We will be moving the cattle home from the north soon and letting them graze the fall pasture and corn stubble.  We will need to do some sorting and culling.  Feed is going to be at a premium this winter. 

 

 

 

 

Beach Wedding

 

 

It was a beautiful wedding.  We had a fun week of activities and preparations.  I'll share more later.

 

 

Sunbathing

Time For Silaging

We hauled bales to construct the "bunker" for the silage pile.

I drove the tractor with the mover. 

This is the bunker--just waiting for chopped up corn stalks (silage).

There will be no corn to combine this year.  The lack of rain has really done a number on the corn crop.  All the corn will be chopped for silage and fed to our cows this winter. 

The crew will start tomorrow!  It is suppose to be a HOT, dry week.  I hope we get done with a minimum of break downs.  They have already spent 3 days working on the cutter.  Hurricane Isaac should be history by the middle of the week and then we'll see what weather comes to Florida for the beach wedding.
 

Fun Visit

My sisters and I went to Arkansas to visit my namesake Aunt Janette.  We had a wonderful time and a safe trip.   Aunt Janette will be 96 in September.  Doesn't she look great!  We had so much fun visiting, looking at old pictures and playing Dominoes. 

This is a picture of my Uncle John.  We had a family picnic in the park for his 99th birthday party.  He is shown here with his great grand children.  He was recently inducted into the South Dakota Bowling Hall of Fame.  He also participates in the Senior Olympic games on the state and national levels.

I've gotten to spend a lot of time with my family lately.  My cousin, Peg, SIL Sue and I  hosted a shower for my niece, Erin who will be getting married in September.  It was such a fun evening with lovely gifts and lots of advice for the new bride. 

 

No sewing this month either.  :(   We have been busy mowing, raking and baling every available spear of grass.   Lots to do before we can go to Florida for the DD 2's wedding festivities.

 

Wasn't this suppose to be a quilting blog?

Sister Trip!!

These three wild and crazy sisters are off on a road trip!!  I'll be back next week and tell you all about it.